The Belles of Saint Mary’s
May 15, 1942 g
INQUIRING REPORTER
Your faithful reporter was nosing
around Holt right after the final
exam yesterday and stumbled uj)on
a solemn and awe-inspiring scene.
The Class of ’42, withered and worn,
propped up on numerous pillows and
surrounded by weeping relatives, was
busily engaged in that sad act of
writing its Last Will and Testament.
And true to newspaper tradition,
yours truly managed to acquire a
copy, which we herewith present: '
We, the Class of ’42, being com-
p»aratively sound of mind (but don’t
ask us to prove it) herein do leave
and bequeath the following items:
Carolyn West leaves her thimble
to Libba Thorne.
Polly Lindsay leaves her curls to
Gene HeflP.
Hannah Bell leaves “Pat” to
Coder and Boss.
Anna leaves a wall full of pictures
to Ticky.
Minkie leaves her ability to make
herself heard to Pettigrew.
Elizabeth Ann says she would like
to leave Jean, but compromises on
leaving a clean room to Miss Jones.
Jean Pulton leaves Daphne the
chapel lines.
Celia leaves her bedroom slippers
to the men who take up the trash.
Barnard leaves all her talents to
Shirley Shepherd.
French M cheerfully leaves the
conversation to Miss Johnson.
Dolores Mullett leaves her fatigue
cap to anyone who feels fatigued.
From one mouse to another, Jean
Lyon leaves mus musculus to Dede
Adams.
Caison takes E. C., but she’ll leave
anyone points on West Point.
English H leaves Eleven British
Writers to Mr. Moore, but refrains
from throwing them.
Thuston leaves her lethargic ten
dencies to Polly Brittingham; and
will someone leave Jane a diction
ary!
Eleanor leaves her unwanted gir
dles to Martha Kinsey.
Cauhle leaves her peculiar sayings
to anyone capable of saying them.
piivia Anne leaves “Brother” to
Miss Jordan.
Willcox leaves her orange fountain
pen and hair-to-match to Jane Coun
cil.
Carol leaves Minter-the-printer to
Lillian, with love.
Charlotte leaves that little black
notebook to Anne Dickson.
Lib Adkins leaves her peroxide to.
Betty Winslow.
Kay leaves her oranges to Miss
Harvey.
Peety leaves her helpful sugges
tions to Pott.
Louise Taylor" leaves her capacity
for studying to Zimmy.
Sophia leaves her inimitable imi
tations to anyone who could get away
with them.
Mary-Gene leaves Brooksie the
stamina she’ll need.
Allie leaves a clean closet to next
year’s inhabitants of 305.
Quintard leaves!
And all of us Seniors leave Saint
Mary’s to the coming generations
with the remark that it’s better not
to make one, after all!
Class of ’42.
Witnessed by ;
CAPM
Louise Jordan.
THE NIGHT OF REHEARSAL
’Twas the night of rehearsal, and all
through the house
People were scurrying, even the
mouse;
The properties were placed on the
stage with care.
In hope the whole cast soon would
be there;
The practice commenced when Miss
Davis began,
“Now, girls, please co-operate all
that you can.”
And I in my kerchief came in and
sat
On the very last row, but my captain
changed that—
When up on the stage there arose
such a chatter,
I sprang from my seat to see what
was the matter.
Miss Davis was tugging some girl
by her sash.
And the poor girl fell floorward, all
in a flash!
After the completion of all of the
show.
Miss Davis detained some girls ris
ing to go.
“Of course, girls, I realize that your
time is dear.
But just for a moment I need all of
you here.
The final production must be lively
and quick;
It has to move smoothly to make
everything click.
Be sure to remember your scene as
it came;
Through this pageant Saint Mary’s
will surely win fame.
Now, Redwood! now, Willcox! now.
Battle and Johnson!
You, Rutherfoord! you, Stribling!
you, Adkins and Dickson!
You girls can’t leave yet. I need
each and all!
Sit down again, down again, down
again all!”
She then scene by scene described
everyone’s clothes.
And said a professor ... oh! it’s a
secret, I s’pose.
When she said we could>go, I gave a
low whistle.
And away we all flew like the down
of a thistle;
But we heard her exclaim, ere we got
out of sight,
“Of course you girls realize . . .”
We ran. Good night!
CENTENNIAL-COMMENCE
MENT PROGRAM
SATURDAY, MAY 16
8 ;30 a.m. Sophomore Class Day
—Front Campus.
8 :00 p.m. Awards : High School
diplomas. Certificates
Senior Class Day
Auditorium.
SUNDAY, MAY 17
8:00 a.m. Celebration of the
Holy Communion in
the Chapel.
11:00 a.m. Baccalaureate Service:
Bishop Penick, Sen
iors in group caps
and gowns. Morning
Prayer, and Sermon
by the Rt. Rev. Edwin
A. Penick, D.D.
5 :00 p.m. Alumnas Service and
Commemorative Can
, tata.
MONDAY, MAY 18
10:30 a.m. Field Day — Athletic
Field.
11:30 a.m. Alumnse Meeting; Ad
dress by Mary Yellott
Denny.
12 :30 p.m. Alumme Luncheon —
Dining Room.
4:30 p.m. Tea on Front Campus.
Welcome and Regis
tration of Guests
8 :30 p.m. Historical Pageant—
Front Campus.
TUESDAY, MAY 19
10 :30 a.m. Centennial Ceremo
nies.
Historical Resume,
Mrs. Ernest Cruik-
shank.
Address, Miss Virginia
C. Gildersleeve, Dean
of Barnard College.
Academic Procession
to the Chapel.
Prayers in the Chapel
and Presentation of
Diplomas by the Rt.
Rev. Edwin A. Penick,
D. D.
REGULATIONS FOR
STORAGE
Personal belongings of return
ing students and faculty members
will be stored in the trunk rooms,
at owner’s risk, for the summer
months. Articles must be care
fully packed in cartons or boxes
READY FOR SHIPMENT, to
go in the trunk rooms at the close
of.school in early June and will
not again be available until after
the reopening of school the follow
ing September. Otherwise, a serv
ice charge may be made for stor
age, repacking, or crating.
A. W. Tucker, Hus. Mgr.
NEW MEMORIAL WINDOW
The new window which has just
been installed in the chapel was
placed there by Mrs. Cruikshank in
memory of her husband, Mr. Ernest
Cruikshank, who was Business Man
ager of Saint Mary’s from 1903 to
1921. Formerly it was in the chapel
of Columbia Institute, Columbia,
Tennessee, which Mrs. Cruikshank
was president of before she came to
Saint Mary’s. The window will be
rededicated on Sunday, May 17.
Four Faculty
Members Leaving
Mr. Kloman, Misses Digges, Jot'
dan and Sarah Vann, Are Not
Returning
Saint Mary’s will not he quite tl>®
same next year, for among its pi'O®'
ent faculty members Miss DiggoS'
Miss Jordan, Miss Sarah Vann, ao®
Mr. Kloman are not returning.
Miss Digges has quite an excitii’o
job starting the twenty-third of JlaJ
at the Bureau of Censorship, undej
the War Department, in Mia®’’
Florida. She expects to be there al*
next winter but Saint Mary’s niaj
have her back year after next.
Miss Jordan has had the wb®^®
campus aflutter by announcing
engagement to Ensign John McNei*'
Smith, Jr. She will be married o®
the nineteenth of May.
Miss Sarah Vann has not as .V*'
made any deflnite plans for |
year, although she will probablJ
busy herself in some line of defe»®®
work. When asked about her pla®®’
she merely said, “This hot weathoj
always befuddles me, and I caD*
think about it now.” ,
Mr. Kloman has not yet complex®®
his plans for next year.
CENTENNIAL CEREMONIES
(From P. 1)
head of Saint Mary’s before
Cruikshank came, will be here.
Warren W. Way, rector here F®’**
1918 to 1932, will also be prese»*'
til®
Bishop Bratton, ,of Mississippi r.
only other former rector of Sa^^
Mary’s who is living, is unable
to
come.
After the introduction of thes®
delegates, Mrs. Cruikshank will gA®
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a resume of the history of g, ^
schools in the South. Then Miss v AJ
ginia Gildersleeve, Dean of Barnar^
College, will deliver the comment®,
ment address, “Tools For Defense-
Miss Virginia C. Gilderslee^®^
daughter of Alger Gildersleeve, ! ^
famous Greek professor of J®. .
Hopkins University, is outstanding
as an educator and scholar. Nn)
Dean of Barnard College, Miss Fi
dersleeve has at various times be
the positions of English instructo ^
assistant professor, and professor
Barnard College. She is a memo
of Kappa Kappa Gamma s°noin 7
1C u T^Vii Tlckfo 1TQT\wko Tn 1^.
and is a Phi Beta Kappa. In
she was decorated Officier de
struciion publique (France), and
1936 she received the Ameriea'J
MYrnan’s Association Achieveme
Award. ^
The academic procession will tn
and march to the chapel for
SCHOOL DIPLOMAS GIVEN
presentation of diplomas to the se®
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iors by Bishop Penick. Because
chapel is small and there must ,
room for the pareftts, alumn®> ® g
delegates, the student body at D
will not go in the chapel. Fhey^'^jj^
however, form a semicircle in t
of Smedes. After exercises in
chapel, the seniors and faculty
(Prom P. 1)
Hickey to Stephens, Gray Medlin to
the University of Alabama, Betty
Anne Drysdale to W. C., and Betty
Pott to the Pan American Business
School in Richmond.
Betty Bencini, Betty Hess, Jane
Hurt, Virginia Manry, Mary Ann
Pettigrew, Suzanne Schmidt, and
Evelyn Ann White haven’t made
their plans for the future yet.
others in the procession will
group in front of Smedes. ^ , gp-
Marshal Daphne Richardson’s
ping of the handkerchief "'ill -g]
the end of the 1941-42 centeU
session at Saint Mary’s.